Commemorating VE Day in our Boatbuilding Workshop

We opened our boatbuilding workshop to visitors for the 80th anniversary of VE Day on Thursday 8 May.

Our Boatbuilding Workshop is a hive of activity at the moment as our boatbuilding volunteers, led by our Boat Collection Manager, have been building a replica of a WW2 S.N.2 Special Operations Executive (SOE) boat.

Visitors were welcomed in to take a closer look and meet some of the team who have been working on the project.

Now, thanks to the generous support of a ‘Victory 80’ award, our WW2 S.N.2 Special Operations Executive (SOE) replica boat build project can uncover more about the role these boats played during the war and host more open days. The award was funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and awarded by Museum Development South West with thanks to support from Arts Council England we were able to share the project with even more visitors. Read more about the Victory 80 award, and what it will help us do here.